SETH FAERGOLZIA (of the band DUFUS) will be out touring Europe this Summer SOLO from June 26th to August 3rd 2008. If anyone would like to book a show write to Seth directly...
quankmeyer [at] hotmail.com

AUSTRIA
Jun 26 Project - Innsbruck, Austria
Jun 27 TBA - Austria
Jun 28 Camp Appesbach - St. Wolfgang, Austria

ENGLAND
Jun 29 The Junction - Bristol, England (Live video shoot planned, bring friends and join in)
Jun 30 The George Tavern - London, England

GERMANY
Jul 1 HfG - Karlsruhe, Germany
Jul 2 Oetinger Villa - Darmstadt, Germany
Jul 3 Lamang - Cologne, Germany
Jul 4 Franzis - Wetzlar, Germany
Jul 5 Hasenschaukel - Hamburg, Germany
Jul 6 TBA
Jul 7 Kiosk Royal - Hannover, Germany

IRELAND
Jul 8 Crane Lane Theatre - Cork, Ireland
Jul 9 Kennedys - Dublin, Ireland

GERMANY
Jul 10 Schokoladen - Berlin, Germany
Jul 11 Walpdenakademie - Mainz, Germany
Jul 12 Blau - Mannheim, Germany

USA
Jul 13 Cakeshop - New York, NY FREE EARLY SHOW 6-8PM
Jul 31 Glasslands Gallery - Brooklyn, NY
Aug 1 Lockstock Festival - Lock Haven. PA
Aug 2 60 Main - New Paltz, New York
Aug 3 ABC Cafe - Ithaca, New York

http://www.dufus.tv
http://www.myspace.com/dufus
http://www.ironmanrecords.co.uk

Seth Faergolzia, founder of the New York Antifolk/Freakfolk band, Dufus, will be touring Europe in support of two new releases (Faergolzia: Tape 2 and Channel Faergolzia), one highly experimental, the other featuring some of his most recent songs produced by Josh Channel, an NYC electronic music composer. He’ll be performing new work as well as older Dufus songs, answering requests from audience members. Seth’s music is both heartfelt and silly, his voice elastic and versatile, his lyrics naked and poignant, his performance dynamic and abundant. Seth will also be bringing a number of his own art/clothing creations, which have received critical acclaim and have hung with such artists as Jean-Michel Basquiat. Dufus has performed with such acts as Animal Collective, the Yeahyeahyeahs, Black Dice, Jeffrey Lewis,Of Montreal, and Moldy Peaches. This will be a show you do not want to miss.

Here is some press...

"Folk rock twisted and distorted into compelling new structures."
Relix

"Kind and Scary"
SPEX, Germany

"Like an encyclopedia of so-called outsider music condensed into a Downtown pagan mystery meeting."
Richard Gehr - Village Voice, NYC

"Offering up a sphere of diversity that is boundary-free in its very conception."
Logo Magazine, UK

"Listening to Dufus is like being thrust into a child’s drawing. It’s capable of changing the world." --City Hub

"Things to look out for include Seth Faergolzia’s "Celibacy Pants," which shows fiber art going punk."
Roberta Smith, New York Times

"Pure song-making without the baggage of clichés."
Organ Magazine, UK

"Seth has an inane ability to make the strangest vocal noises become hooks and choruses. Beauty out of chaos."
Torpedo Magazine

"The unquenchable enthusiasm and daring of its delivery is enough to give you an aesthetic awakening."
Jambands.com

"I have never heard anything like this before or since."
Pop Matters

"Tender calm and epiphanistic lyrics."
New York Press

"Seth Faergolzia could be the poster boy for anti-folk."
Stylus

"I fucking dare you not to love this band."
Splendid

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The Market Tavern has closed, The Jug of Ale has gone but, the remaining venues and promoters in Birmingham are putting up a good fight to make the best music available at reasonable door prices.

Markus Sargeant and The Glee Club are yet another example of what is possible on a budget you can stick under a glass. Many years ago I gave Markus a tape of two Joseph Arthur albums and suggested he may be worth booking to play. Markus gave the tape a listen and promptly phoned the agent and booked Joseph Arthur to play. Ever since then, whenever Joseph has been in the Country Markus has given him a stage. It was also Markus that worked so hard to support David Gray when no one else could afford to give him a gig in the Midlands in the early 1990's.

If you go to one gig this month, give Markus a break and go and see what he gets up to at The Glee Club, Joseph Arthur is a genius and Markus has brought him to Birmingham again. The Glee Club is an amazing music venue. Don't Miss it.

www.josepharthur.com
www.realworldrecords.com
www.myspace.com/josepharthur

JOSEPH ARTHUR TAKES OVER 2008 WITH FIVE NEW RELEASES

Four EP Series Unfolds With ‘Could We Survive’
(March 18th / Lonely Astronaut) and
‘Crazy Rain’ (April 15th)

Additional EPs in June and July

Full-length ‘Temporary People’
To Be Released September 16th

"One of our most emotionally revealing and
talented singer-songwriters" – Vanity Fair

This spring marks the return of maverick songsmith Joseph Arthur with the release of two EPs - the raw, atmospheric pop of ‘Could We Survive’ (March 18th / Lonely Astronaut), followed by the near-techno and wonderfully chaotic ‘Crazy Rain’ (April 15th). Arthur and his own label, Lonely Astronaut Records, will be releasing a series of four EPs this year, leading up to the full-length ‘Temporary People’ (September 16th). The final two will be available nationally June 10th and July 8th.

‘Could We Survive’ and ‘Crazy Rain’ are the follow-ups to Joseph’s two critically acclaimed full-length albums, both released in 2006 - ‘Let’s Just Be’ ("it’s a ride and it’s a good one" – NY Times) and ‘Nuclear Daydream,’ hailed by Paste Magazine as "endlessly ponderable and disturbingly beautiful."

An acclaimed painter and Grammy-nominated visual artist, Joseph often creates his artwork while taking breaks during writing and recording. He has written, performed and produced nearly all of the music on these five albums and recorded most of the material in his newly opened Brooklyn art gallery, the Museum of Modern Arthur.

Catch Joseph Arthur at SXSW and on tour throughout the spring and summer, and visit his ongoing exhibition at the Museum of Modern Arthur, like you should.

‘Could We Survive’ track listing: 1) "Rages of Babylon," 2) "Morning Cup," 3) "Shadows of Lies," 4) "Could We Survive," 5) "Walk Away," 6) "King of the Pavement"

Joseph Arthur...

‘A driven, visionary character… he might just be a genuine mad genius’ Guardian

‘A talent worthy of taking seriously… a gripping spectacle’ Evening Standard

‘A song writing beacon **’ Mojo

Joseph Arthur's lyrics are charged with pure feelings that writhe uncomfortably beneath the tough skin of backstreet imagery and big city attitude. The music is disjointed, but it hangs together with a wired nonchalance; rhythms shuffle along, heads tucked into a world of their own as melodies surge and tumble around them. The guitar sounds like it's had a pretty rough time and is on the verge of snapping, yet when Joseph's voice expresses all over it, a frazzled beauty arises.

www.glee.co.uk
All agents, artist, promoter, management enquiries to markus_sargeant(at)yahoo.com 07973 121 958.

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